Modern tri-modal terminal with railway connections towards 23 European cities

The Europark distinguish itself as a logistic business park.
On the tri-modal terminal lorries, trains and ships load and discharge their goods.
“Europark-trains” drive towards 21 different destinations all over Europe.
From Rotterdam to Moscow and from Hamburg to the Spanish Vitoria.
Connections with Amsterdam and Kutno in Poland are in preparation.

The terminal is unique because of its water-rail-combination: trains can drive up to the port quays.
Mobile cranes therefore can transfer containers or general cargo in one handling from ship to train unit or lorry v.v.
The Europark also has modern storage and transshipment facilities and renowned logistic service providers.

430 m. rail along the quayside (ready mid 2004), located at less than 100 meters from the rail terminal

Soil in harbour area
The so-called “wet industrial area” near the harbour is 18 hectares large.
There are 13 hectares for distribution to companies and one storage shed (with a free span of 3700 m2 ) available.
See also chapter Buy Lots.

Exploitation harbour
For the time being the municipality of Coevorden exploits the harbour.
It is expected that this will be passed to a private company in 2004, on strict rules and quality requirements, such as, amongst others, the harbour stays public and prices in line with the market will be used.
Contact (interim): D. Postma
Municipality of Coevorden
Tel. 0031 524 598100dpostma@coevorden.nl

Waterway
The waterway link to and from the Europark is the Coevorden-Almelo canal.
Near Almelo the canal connects on larger waterways towards the west and the south.
The canal is suitable for 400 tons ships.
Larger ships, up to 800 tons, can pass, but for this a special dispensation from the province of Overijssel is (until now) required.

At the moment the capacity of the canal is increased, so that 800 tons ships –with a maximum length of 60 meters- can pass more easier and faster, without a special permission. This work will be ready in the second half of 2004. The capacity for container ships will be tripled by then. See also under News.
To supply the Nijhof Wassink’s distribution center for plastics in the harbour area of the Europark, Kempenaars, with 12 containers of 40 feet on board, are used.
They sail from Rotterdam to Coevorden within 20 hours.

Distance Europark - harbours
in hours

road

rail

water

Amsterdam

3

4

18

Rotterdam

3,5

5

18

Eemshaven

1,5

Meppel

1

Meppen, Ems

0,5

Emden

1,5

Bremen

2

Bremerhaven

2,5

Hamburg

3,5

Road Network
The Europark is situated in the angle of two important arterial roads:

A37: Zwolle-Meppen

A31: Emden-Ruhr-Basin
Together these two roads, almost free form queues, are the quickest connection between the main ports in the west of the Netherlands and the Northern German harbour cities.

From the Europark a lorry can reach the A37 within 10 minutes and the A31 within 20 minutes. From the border towards the connection with the A31 by Meppen, the A37 is a two-lane road yet. By the end 2004 this trace will be a four-lane road.
Shortly after that the last part of the A31, by Bad Bentheim/Rheine will be ready. The road infrastructure on the Europark is suited for intensive and heavy freight transport. The main opening-up road of the park is four-laned.